You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”​-Maya Angelou

This time of the year, is always really hard for me. I just have a lot going on. So much in fact, that I haven't had any time to craft at all, which makes me super sad. Between, being busy at work, my son having a hard time in kindergarten, and my side job just wrapping up, things have been really crazy. Crafting is my hobby and my passion, and I hope that I will have more time to spend in my craft room in the next few months. Though I haven't had time to do any crafting, I have had some time to shop. My husband says that I am a scrapbook supply hoarder. LOL.....at least the craft room is clean....well, mostly clean. I want to catch everyone up on what I have been up to in the past 4 months.

I attended the Scrapbook Expo, which was held at the Gaylord Texan Hotel, which was a lot of fun, and I got a lot of great deals. I bought a Sizzix Big Shot, and bunch of items from Clear Scraps, and some inks, which I have never used before, but would like to try it out. I also got to meet Stephanie Barnard from the Stamps of Life. These stamps and coordinating dies are quickly turning me into a stamper!

I purchased a Cricut Explore the first day they were available to the public. I wasn't going to do it, I was going to wait to see if it was a great as everyone thought it was going to be, and then I couldn't stand it. I just decided to run up to my local JoAnn's and I was lucky and got the last one. I haven't had much time to play with it yet, but the couple of projects I have made have turned out fantastic. I can't believe how small and detailed this thing can cut...it's amazing.

Not crafting related...yet...but we bought new living room furniture. It's beautiful, dark grey leather with wide white stitching. I think it's time to paint the walls and give the rest of the room a refreshed look.

I've been traveling a lot with my job at the Texas State Historical Association. I've been all over Texas, in the past few months, visiting Austin and San Antonio a couple of different times, Marshall, and Bryan-College Station. Over the next month, I will visit Austin for Texas History Day and will travel to Edinburg for a teacher workshop.. Always on the go....

On my way home from a work trip last week, I stopped by a scrapbook store in called Scrapin' Goodtime. It is a store and retreat, which is super cute, has some great products, and I think I need to book a mini-vacay for myself in the near future.

So anyway, there is the re-cap. I'm sure there is much more, but I can't think of it right now. I plan to post a lot more often, so check back soon for some new projects. Scrapbook love,

Picture from the Scrapbook Expo with Stephanie in the Stamps of Life booth. I love these stamps!!!

I met Arlene, back when she was a senior and I was teaching at Ford High School in Quinlan. We went with 38 other students and teachers to Washington D.C. to see Obama sworn in as President. A trip that any student of history needs to take at least once. In the next few years, she went off to college and I changed jobs. I ran into Arlene again, when she became a student intern for the non-profit where I work, which is on the University of North Texas campus. Now, that she is graduating, I have to say that I miss having her around the office all the time. She has been my student, my co-worker, and now I call her my friend, and I was more than happy (and honored) to photograph her as a UNT Senior. She is going to make an excellent teacher, for sure!

Hello everyone, I know that I have been missing for the past couple of weeks. I have been out of pocket, on a work trip and not able to do any crafting or posting. I have missed it :) I work in the education department of the Texas State Historical Association and we have been at theFort McKavett State Historic Site, near Menard, Texas for our Old Stories, New Voices Intercultural Summer Camp. This camp is awesome!!! We took 52 students, aged 9-12, to live at Fort McKavett for a week. I got to meet some great new counselors and kids. Each day of the camp we have content presenters and learn about a different Texas culture. The first day was Native American day and we made bandolier bags, weaving, learned archery, played shinny (a Native American game played with sticks and a ball, similar to field hockey), went swimming and watched a performance by the Eagle Point Singers, which is a Native American group who performs using drums, singing, and dancing. The second day was Hispanic Heritage day and we learned how to make flour and corn tortillas, painted retablos, learned about archeology, visited the Presidio de San Saba and the Menardville Museum, and finished the day with a performance by a mariachi band. The third day was Buffalo Solider day and we learned drill and ceremony, how to march like soldiers, whittling, visited the Fort McKavett museum, went swimming, and played a game of 19th century baseball.The fourth day was Nature day and we went to the South Llano River State Park in Junction, Texas and went canoeing down the river, had a cookout, went on a nature walk, and slept in tents overnight.The last day was Fort day and we went back to Fort McKavett, learned about frontier life, played artifact bingo, and went swimming one last time. All the kids were from the Austin/San Antonio area and on the way home, we stopped in historic Fredericksburg, Texas and visited the National Museum of the Pacific War (World War II). If you have never been before, it is amazing.If you want to see more about the camp, visit our Facebook page.

OSNV 2013 Campers and Counselors

If camp wasn't exciting enough, while I was out at the fort, I was offered a position on the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog Design Team. I am so excited to be a part of this wonderful blog and look forward to participating meeting new crafty friends and creating projects for each of the challenges. I just finished my first project for the blog and will be participating in the FCCB Cricut Crawl (our version of a blog hop). I might even have some blog candy to give away as well.

About Me

My name is JoNeita Kelly and I have been crafting for at least the last 20 years. I live in Cedar Park, Texas with my son, Dallas. I love to craft and to continue to improve my photography and editing skills whenever I have free time. What I love most is telling our story using pictures, it is the most important gift I can leave my family.

Enjoy my craft blog, which has everything from photography and scrapbooking to crafts and gifts that I make. Feel free to comment, and let me know what you think.

​I don't update my blog as often as I once did, but still love to share my creations as often as I can.